Introducing Oracle Fusion Middleware

Platform

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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
Describe the Oracle Fusion Middleware environment
Describe how WebLogic Server supports various Fusion
Middleware Suites
Describe how various Fusion Middleware Suites augment
the functions of WebLogic Server

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Oracle Fusion Middleware

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Oracle SOA and Oracle Web Center Suites

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Oracle SOA Suite enables services to be created,

managed, and orchestrated into SOA composite
applications.
Oracle WebCenter is designed to help integrate structured
and unstructured content, and Web 2.0-style services into
the applications.
Both SOA and WebCenter run
in the Oracle WLS environment.

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Oracle Identity and Access Management

Oracle Identity and Access Management solution:
Enables you to centralize identity and access management
Requires a Java EE environment for operation
Can be easily configured as the central system for use in
WebLogic environment

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Oracle Business Intelligence

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Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) enables you to view and

analyze data from data warehouses and datamarts.
BI enables you to gather data from various sources and to
extract, analyze, and report in appropriate formats.
BI is easily integrated with Oracle Identity Management
solutions such as SSO.
BI can also be integrated with
SOA.

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Oracle Portal Forms Reports

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Portal:
Is a Web-based interface that uses wizards
Requires Oracle Database
Uses a Portal Developer Kit to extend via programming
Forms:
Are created by using Oracle Forms by
developers
Can be compiled into run-time
services for deployment
Run as run-time services in
a Java EE environment
Reports:
Dynamically retrieve, format,
and publish information in
several formats
Are also available via MS Excel
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Management

Infrastructure
Oracle offers the following primary tools for managing your
Oracle Fusion Middleware installations:
Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
Oracle Fusion Middleware command-line tools such as
OPMNCTL, WSTL, and so on
Fusion Middleware Control
MBean browser
Oracle Web Services
Manager

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Web Tier Components

The Web tier contains system components that are managed
using Oracle Process Management Server.
Oracle HTTP Server:
Provides scalability and supports Web services functionality
Contains modules specific to Oracle FMW to support
integration with other FMW components
Acts as a proxy server for Oracle WebLogic Servers

Oracle Web Cache:

Runs in the Web tier and speeds up requests for applications
being served by WebLogic Server

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Relationship of Fusion Middleware Products to

WebLogic Server

Common installation/configuration steps:

Install Database (if needed).

Install Repository Creation Utility (if needed).
Install WebLogic Server.
Install Fusion Middleware Component (for example, OID).
Configure all software.

Common operations:
The components run in a Java EE Container such as
WebLogic Server.

Common administration:
Enterprise Manager oversees all the products at a high level.
Each component has its own administration console for finer
detail.

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Typical Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment

Oracle WebLogic Server Environment
(Java components)
Custom
Java
app

OHS
Web
Center

Admin
interfaces
SOA

Customer
data

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System components

OPMN

OID

Metadata
Repository

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Web
Cache
Forms

Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
Describe the Oracle Fusion Middleware environment
Describe how WebLogic Server supports various Fusion
Middleware Suites
Describe how various Fusion Middleware Suites augment
the functions of WebLogic Server

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Practice 1 Overview:
Logging In to the Lab Environment
This practice covers the following topics:
IP address assignments
User IDs and passwords
NoMachine configuration

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